SARS eFiling will move away from Adobe Flash

[Newsfeed]

SARS eFiling will move away from Adobe Flash

SARS has told MyBroadband that it plans to move away from Adobe Flash for its eFiling website.

 

[The_MAC]

Thank goodness, about time

 

[backstreetboy]

No way Captain Obvious. Zuma will one day also be removed from the throne. Question is when?

 

[aybbleek]

Yup, about damn time

 

[LiengLiengZA]

Miracles do happen

 

[Thor]

3 years to late

 

[LiengLiengZA]

3 years to late

This is true...sad that they are only attending to it now as to 3 years ago..they are so technologically impaired it's actually scary..(meaning SARS IT team)

 

[LiengLiengZA]

I can't count on my fingers how many people at work I had to help because they didn't know about this...

 

[Kosmik]

Not sure how you can count 33% submitted at branch as part of the e-filing. Should be counted as manual as either staff or a physical presence was required at a branch to complete.

 

[pinball wizard]

Not sure how you can count 33% submitted at branch as part of the e-filing. Should be counted as manual as either staff or a physical presence was required at a branch to complete.

I would. They generally capture the return on the exact same system, the exact same way you do at home.

 

[Kosmik]

I would. They generally capture the return on the exact same system, the exact same way you do at home.

Yes but it was done as part of a manual process, not straight by the taxpayer. In theory it makes the stat useless as ALL returns would be submitted via e-filing, whether done at a branch or in a persons home. The stat makes more sense, how many taxpayers used e-filing directly vs having it done at a branch.

 

[Skerminkel]

.... The stat makes more sense, how many taxpayers used e-filing directly vs having it done at a branch.

66%, as stated.

 

[SilverCode]

SARS said its current Notice of Assessment forms are built on Adobe Dynamic PDF technology, and Adobe Reader is required to view their content.

“Generic PDF viewers do not incorporate appropriate viewing capabilities. The strategic intent of SARS ICT is to ensure that assessment forms are built on open standards,” said SARS.

So are they moving away from Adobe Dynamic PDF technology to open standards, or do they think Adobe Dynamic PDF technology is an open standard?

 

[FoXtroT]

What about getting rid of Java? That has been a pain with SARS and my former business's payroll software pretty much always on different versions.

 

[v3gout]

Thank goodness, about time

Indeed! (Just hope that the change is done by competent developers)

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Indeed! (Just hope that the change is done by competent developers)

I foresee a huge government contract being issued........wonder who will get that contract

 

[PhireSide]

I foresee a huge government contract being issued........wonder who will get that contract

Sahara computers

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Sahara computers

:crylaugh: what I was thinking, too. Gupta's to the rescue

 

[ChocolateBadger]

The only reason to use IE

 

[Hamster]

What about getting rid of Java? That has been a pain with SARS and my former business's payroll software pretty much always on different versions.

It's only EasyFile that is written in Java. SARS runs on C++, Python, and C#. EFiling, by another Midrand based vendor, is running on VB.NET

Moving from flash to whatever else (assuming HTML5 since that was an "idea" a few years ago) is a massive and expensive undertaking.